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Defence School of Transport at Leconfield, East Yorkshire has been running BioBlitzes for local naturalists at this restricted MOD site for 4 years. The site is running more events in 2026, please see the attached poster for dates and information.
#DSTLeconfield
#BioBlitz
What a privilege!
Pin badges are popular on the UK too Chris and I have a few metal and cloth badges from my time in North America.
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DST Leconfield Conservation has landed at Bluesky Social.
The Defence School of Transport at Leconfield, East Yorkshire has been running BioBlitzes for local naturalists at this restricted MOD site for 4 years. The site is running more events in 2026, please see the attached poster for dates and more information.
#DSTLeconfield
#BioBlitz
It can’t be easy breathing like that?
Many thanks for finding these Dick. We sometimes get aquatic beetles attracted to moth traps, might this be one? We have previously recorded Agabus bipustulatus in traps.
Hi Dick, Wyndham Lake is a fishing lake and Swan Mere was until a few years ago. Interesting to learn more about our invertebrates.
Pallas’ Grasshopper Warbler perched on a fence, Fair Isle, Shetland 03 October 2012.
On this day in 2012, a Pallas’ Grasshopper Warbler on Fair Isle. Fingers crossed some migrants closer to home this weekend.
The small Agrothereutes abbreviatus parasitic wasp found at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire on 22 Aug 25. Only 15 UK records of this wasp on the NBN Atlas.
#Wasps
#IchneumonidWasps
#YorkshireWasps
#YNU
Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk.
Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk
Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk.
Clifden Nonpareil moth on a poplar tree trunk.
A first for me, a Clifden Nonpareil at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, E Yorks, caught by Mike Coverdale on 24 Aug 25.
#YorkshireMoths
#MothsUK
#DSTLeconfield
#Lepidoptera
The distinctive Two-lobed Deer Fly at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire 28 Jun 25
#DSTLeconfield
#YNU
#Diptera
Two-girdled Digger Wasp (Argogorytes mystaceus) at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Uorkshire 29 Jun 25
#DSTLeconfield
#YNU
#YorkshireWasps
Golden-bloomed Longhorn beetle.
Spotted Longhorn beetle
Wasp Beetle
A few more beetles from DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire:
Golden-bloomed Longhorn
Spotted Longhorn
Wasp Beetle
#DSTLeconfield
#YorkshireBeetles
#YNU
Silis ruficollis beetle.
Malthinus flaveolus soldier beetle
Malachius bipustulatus
A few recent beetle records from DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire:
Silis ruficollis
Malthinus flaveolus
Malachius bipustulatus
#DSTLeconfield
#YorkshireBeetles
#YNU
Pheasant-tailed Jacana walking across water lilies in a Sri Lankan pond.
Pheasant-tailed Jacana seen walking across the water lily leaves in Sri Lanka, Jan 20. It’s a great country if you like to watch wildlife.
#SriLanka
#AsianBirds
Alan, I’ve just checked through the iNaturalist website photo archive for Vapourer, beyond the app, and there is a photograph identical to this one. All the best!
Lepidoptera larvae on a Whitebeam leaf.
I would be grateful for any help with this larvae, found on Whitebeam at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire on 11 May 25.
#Lepidoptera
#Caterpillars
Dingy Skippers are having a good spring at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire with 3 new areas found on site.
#Yorkshire_Butterflies
#Butterflies
# Lepidoptera
Thanks to Andreas Taeger on iNaturalist for identifying this sawfly found at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, East Yorkshire today, 06 May 25, the Flax Carver (Rhogogaster chambersi)
#Sawflies
#Symphyta
Doing a bit of historical birding updates on eBird and it took me back to 27 Feb 05, when this Gyrfalcon was wintering in Kelowna, British Columbia.
George I’ll send you some details.
Mike Coverdale noted DST appears to be an important site for Gadwall in the Hull Valley. Only the main lake iut of 3 is checked regularly, but we have seen more than 100 on there most of this winter. Highest count this winter was 147. Numbers have started to drop now.
Many thanks John!
Great painting Owen!
The RN Grebe and RR Swallow were actually at Weel fishing lake, just over the river Owen. It’s a good place to look for migrants, like Whimbrel, Green Sands and Yellow Wagtails. It can also be good for birds of prey in winter, ie Harriers and Owls.
Eurasian Bittern and Great White Egret at DST Leconfield, near Beverley, E Yorks on 28 Jan 25.
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Saturday morning was spent in Cornwall with @gt1366.bsky.social, watching the Booted Eagle from the A30 and higher around the Tregallast Well, between Crowlas and Whitecross.
One day after you posted this there’s a pale morph in Cornwall. I still don’t understand why the Chew Valley bird wasn’t accepted. Maybe the recent sightings will help with a belated acceptance?
As one of the many that saw the Chew Valley bird, I agree.
